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  1. Hope our British cousins don't run out of money building prisons if it's not too late. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  2. Mabe you could enlighten me. Is it ok to stop the Serbs from eradicating Moslems, but not ok to stop Moslems from eradicating Africans they no longer want to exist? Are you worried about Arab public opinion? 13 cruise missiles hit an asprin factory in Kartoum once before so it's not like we haven't been there.... just a bloody nose to tell them to back off. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  3. If we can take the time to put a cruise missile in Milosevic's bedroom or chase some guy out of his tent in Libya, I think we could at least give Sudan some pain. Let them know the world is watching with trick or treat surgical airstrikes. Remove their ability to function as a state and then (like in Kosovo) go for ground forces entirely from the air. Helping Jews escape Nazi Germany before WWII was never in our national interest either. This is a moral issue. Forget about national interests. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  4. Lou Dobbs just wants Bush to do his job and stop turning his back on the working people of this country. Bush never had a clue how the Americans people felt about border security, illegal immigration, or job loss or just didn't care. Lou Dobbs brought these things to his attention. I quit Fox for a while and went to CNN because of the Dubai Port thing and Illegal Immigration. I did get a charge this morning on CNN when Dick Chaney's wife had Wolf Blitzer? studdering over how CNN obtained terrorist tapes. She accused CNN of being a propagandist for the terrorists. Maybe there is something to it. As for representing the DNC, CNN has been a little more blatant this close to the election. Nobody is "fair and balanced". Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  5. The rich Jews will be ready[;)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2426886,00.html Reminds me of the good ole days QUOTE: America is hated for every reason. Fanatical muslims say we are too decadent. Secular Europeans think we are Bible-thumping rednecks. Anti-Semites hate us for supporting Israel. Too Jewish, too Christian, too godless.... whatever you're against, America is the prime example of it. "America Alone" by Mark Steyn UNQUOTE. Yep, like the "rich Jews", it's time to build fallout shelters like the good old days. One more thing: we are also a bunch of gun nuts. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  6. There may be WWIII for us alone. When things go boom on our soil, we may not be able to determine the orgin of a nuclear terrorist attack. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  7. "How High's the Water Momma? Six feet high and risen" another Johnny Cash song that probably really happened to him growing up in Arkansas. I love that song. Would of been good Katrina music. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  8. Yours got a keel? My (also second hand) Old Town came without a keel which is great for turns in moving water, but kind of a pain on a nice calm lake. It gets off course really easy. Had a bass pull the front end around with no problem. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  9. He did say, "I don't think any country should have a nuclear weapon. And that includes ours." You're right. Turn em in to the UN. Of course they won't stop hating us when Chavez gets a seat on the security council. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  10. No, it's a great analogy. Especially since the UN has such a sterling history of actually making a difference. This would be like homecoming since the UN has been on the Korean Peninsula once before. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  11. My dad was quick to use his belt, but most of the time I deserved it. When he was killed, my mom was left with three mean little boys. She had to be tough. A slap in the face was not uncommon, but we deserved it. My wife and I got into the no no chair business with my daughters after initially spanking. NO no chair works good with a 3year old granddaughter. She hates it. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  12. I think he is a little more serious this time. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  13. I don't always agree with Andy, but tonight, I think he had it together...........[url](CBS) The following is a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I served in the United States Army for four years during World War II, so I never feel I have to worry about sounding unpatriotic when I’m critical of something my country does. Right now, I don't understand why we think it is OK for us to have nuclear weapons but it isn't all right for some other countries to have any. I don't think any country should have a nuclear weapon. And that includes ours. Seven countries admit having them. They are The United States, Great Britain, Russia, France, China, India and Pakistan. Israel may have them, but hasn't said so. North Korea has recently set off a nuclear bomb of some kind, and the leaders of the countries with the bomb - that includes us -are in a tizzy about that. We're a little late getting exercised about this. North Korea has always been more of a threat to world peace than Iraq ever was and if we were going to attack someone three years ago to make the world safer, we should have attacked North Korea, not Iraq. We're not so much afraid that North Korea will use the bomb against us as we are that they'll sell their nuclear technology to some little country or group of individuals who will use it on us. It could happen. It's not hard to understand why North Korea wants the bomb. If we Americans lived in North Korea instead of here, do you think we'd be in favor of our little country having it? You’re darn right we would. President Bush did the right thing when he presented the United Nations with our complaint against North Korea instead of declaring war on them. I'm not a big fan of the U.N. It's been an ineffectual organization but we've got to give it more power and the way to give it more power is to give it more responsibility. The U.N. should take the bomb away from North Korea; we should not. I've said it, and I'm glad. By Andy Rooney © MMV, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  14. life is very ifie,iffy Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  15. I just ordered "Twilight in the Desert, The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy" by Mathew R. Simmons and I QUOTE: There is strong evidence that the Saudi's may have peaked and will struggle to maintain the current levels without tremendous investment. Saudi population is growing rapidly, power is generated by oil and gas, the drinking water takes intense energy for desalinization,they are becoming ever increasing users of their own energy, Secondly, when oil fields are produced hard, as in the case in Saudi, early water break through occurs leaving unrecoverable oil. Once water breaks through, there is a steep decline in oil production. UNQUOTE Ok. It isn't happening overnight, but in the case of Saudi Arabia, we may be seeing the beginning of the end. Sometimes you get what you wish for. Hope we will be ready.
  16. Ok, I'm gonna guess why the hesitation of China and Russia: It's pay back time for all those bad things we have done to them during the cold war, nobody wants hungry refugees, or maybe the reunification of North and South? EDITED TO ADD: A lot of Americans don't realize it, but South Korea had two infantry divisions and one marine division(I think), fighting in Vietnam. The ROKs were ruthless, ass-kicking troops when they dealt with the NVA and VC. Maybe this is what the Chinese fear. Funny though, the Chinese did cross into North Vietnam after we pulled out of the South. The NVA promptly kicked their asses and the Chinese withdrew. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  17. So long Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  18. Why would we ever consider invading NK? Why not airdrop food and seed after we get rid of junior and his nuke weapons or the material to build them. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  19. Ira never wanted the fame attached to that picture. All he wanted was to stay in his unit and fight because, for the first time in his life, he had white friends who depended on him and he depended on them. He was finally kicked off the bond tour and did return to his unit until the end of the war a short time later. Ira was a Marine paratrooper before Iwo, but I believe his unit was dispanded. Harlon Block's mom always knew that was her son in the picture. She claimed she could "reccognize that butt anywhere" because of the number of diapers she had changed. She was right. "Flags of Our Father" is a great book to be read and donated to your local high school. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  20. Sounds dreadful. Why don't you move to a safer neighborhood? In fact I'm moving next year to live with bears. The gun thing is a habit. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  21. ,As hideous as it sounds I sleep with my wife's model 60 S&W .38 under the pillow. It's put up every morning out of reach of children but not locked. There are child proof devices put on door knobs for the granddaughter and we don't let any kids have run of the house. Both my daughters grew up respecting firearms. They were taught early that guns kill. My wife had them crying one time when she played dead. We felt we had to show them what could happen. Apparently it worked, and both of them shoot today. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  22. But I loved that post. Best post in the battalion. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  23. Young,dumb, but educated parents caused the death of two children. This could have been prevented. As for me, it would take 25 minutes for an officer of the law to get to my house. That is if they know to come and if the phone isn't ripped out. So, I choose to have guns in my house; guns not accessible to children. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  24. Good idea. The Chinese know they have us by the nuts. It's time to wiggle and start a slow withdrawl. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.
  25. You are right. Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.